Work/Residence Patterns—A STATS Indiana Annual Commuting Trends Profile
Based on Indiana IT-40 Returns for Tax Year 2004

Jackson County, Indiana

Summary of what tax return information tells us about workers and commuters in this county:

Workers:

Number of persons who live in Jackson County and work (implied resident labor force) 27,813
Number of persons who live AND work in Jackson County 23,566
Total number of persons who work in Jackson County (implied work force) 29,006

Commuters:

Number of persons who live in Jackson County but work outside the county 4,247
Number of persons who live in another county (or state) but work in Jackson County 5,440

Top five counties sending workers
INTO Jackson County:

Jennings County 1,598 
Scott County 1,394 
Bartholomew County 821 
Washington County 375 
Lawrence County 312 
Total of above 4,500workers
( 15.5% of Jackson County work force)
 
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Top five counties receiving workers
FROM Jackson County:

Bartholomew County 2,479 
Jennings County 350 
Scott County 311 
Marion County 225 
Lawrence County 127 
Total of above 3,492workers
( 12.6% of Jackson County labor force)
 
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More detail for this county:

(where 10 or more either commute into or out of this county)

County nameCommute INTO
Jackson County
% of
Jackson County
Work Force
Commute FROM
Jackson County To:
% of
Jackson County
Labor Force
Bartholomew County 821 2.8 2,479 8.9
Brown County 63 0.2 22 0.1
Clark County 125 0.4 54 0.2
Decatur County 29 0.1 10 0.0
Floyd County 37 0.1 22 0.1
Hamilton County 19 0.1 10 0.0
Harrison County 28 0.1 3 0.0
Huntington County 11 0.0 56 0.2
Jefferson County 194 0.7 37 0.1
Jennings County 1,598 5.5 350 1.3
Johnson County 76 0.3 70 0.3
Kentucky 16 0.1 76 0.3
Lawrence County 312 1.1 127 0.5
Marion County 27 0.1 225 0.8
Martin County 5 0.0 19 0.1
Monroe County 34 0.1 95 0.3
Ohio (State) 17 0.1 8 0.0
Orange County 33 0.1 4 0.0
Out of State 42 0.1 54 0.2
Ripley County 45 0.2 11 0.0
Scott County 1,394 4.8 311 1.1
Shelby County 8 0.0 15 0.1
Tippecanoe County 5 0.0 15 0.1
Vigo County 1 0.0 16 0.1
Washington County 375 1.3 62 0.2

Note:  Commuters to/from Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are shown
separately and are not included in the 'Out of State' category.

These figures are provided to give a summary of commuting patterns, not employment patterns, and will not
match labor force or employment numbers from sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data source: Indiana Department of Revenue
This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Apr 26, 2006